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Plot Summary
This is a personal journey film about singer/songwriter John Mellencamp. It was made during his summer 2009 tour with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson; Mellencamp also recorded his new album in three historical locations during the month and a half tour. The story is told through the eyes of the father/son film making team of Kurt and Ian Markus, neither of whom had ever made a film before. The entire 90-minute film is shot on super8, to stunning effect. This is not a retrospective film with interviews. It is of the moment.
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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57%- Reviews Counted: 14
- Fresh: 8
- Rotten: 6
- Average Rating: 5.9/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Digs deeply into the soil of working-class American life.
Fresh: Luckily, the music trumps the indifferently shot concert footage and lends shape to the evocatively lensed recording sessions in iconic locations.
Rotten: An amateurish travelogue that feels like a botched assignment, halfheartedly self-regarding and resentfully remote from the object of our fascination.
Rotten: If opportunities arise to explore Mellencamp's process or personality, the Markuses pass.
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